| From: | Tim Finch <pgsql(at)timfinch(dot)cix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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| To: | jm(dot)poure(at)freesurf(dot)fr |
| Cc: | "Steve Slatcher" <steve_slatcher(at)scientia(dot)com>, pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL and Cygwin as production database |
| Date: | 2002-04-16 09:54:21 |
| Message-ID: | 5.1.0.14.0.20020416105058.02b63d38@mail.cix.co.uk |
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At 10:01 16/04/2002 +0200, Jean-Michel POURE wrote:
>Cygwin is a POSIX emulation layer which works perfectly. The only concern
Quite a bold claim to say it works perfectly. I agree its pretty stable as
I have had few problems with cygwin...
>Anyway, Cygwin + PostgreSQL still remains faster than any open-source
>databases available under Windows.
Another interesting claim - speed of databases is such a subjective issue.
Interestingly this article compared a bunch of databases on a Windows
platform, but clearly no-one told the reviewers about PostgreSQL on Windows
as another alternative.
http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=708&a=23115,00.asp
Tim Finch,
FosterFinch Ltd
http://www.fosterfinch.co.uk
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